Including the closely related terms ecological emergency strategy, and climate emergency.
… (molevalley.gov.uk) https://www.westminster.gov.uk/climate-emergency https://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article/1781/council_sets_out_action_plan_to_bring_about_a_zero_carbon_oxford_by_2040_or_earlier https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/emergencies-severe-weather/climate-emergency/climate-ecological-emergency-strategy/climate-ecological-emergency-strategy-our…
… a Zero Carbon Oxford by 2040 or earlier | Oxford City Council 14 Climate and ecological emergency strategy - Our approach - Dorset Council 15 Emissions of carbon dioxide for Local Authority areas - data.gov.uk 16 The Isle of Wight carbon footprint stated in the BEIS statistics look slightly different from those in the Regen study. This is because the Regen study incorporates emissions from areas…
… and Environment Strategy. The Strategy follows on from the Isle of Wight Council declaring a Climate Emergency in 2019 and sets out three target dates, namely to be net-carbon zero as a council by 2030, across our school estate by 2035 and as an Island by 2040. There is no doubt that Climate Change is a reality and many of the impacts we are seeing today have been brought about by human activity…
… government agreed in 2021 to pass into law a target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 (from its 1990 baseline6), so the UK now has among the most ambitious targets in the world. In response to 2018’s IPCC report and the increase in public calls for climate action following publication of the report, Isle of Wight Council (‘the council’) declared a climate emergency in July 20197 and stated…
… an aim of meeting net zero by 2030 in both the council’s own operations (i.e. emissions produced directly by the council) and the wider Island area (i.e. emissions produced across the whole of the Isle of Wight in day-to-day life). These aims will help the council to not only tackle the climate emergency, but also to help in meeting the council’s priorities of preserving our environment…